College Football Season Kicks Off on SIRIUS August 30

College Football Season Kicks Off on SIRIUS August 30

SIRIUS to air more than 300 games featuring the nation's top ranked teams

Terry Bowden and Jack Arute return to host weekly 'SIRIUS College Football Coaches Show'

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) will kick off its college football coverage Thursday, August 30, airing 29 games over the season's opening weekend. Throughout the 2007 season, SIRIUS will broadcast more than 300 football games featuring teams from the Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Mountain West Conference, Pac-10, SEC and Ivy League.

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SIRIUS is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of six of the top ten teams in the current Associated Press Top 25 Poll. SIRIUS broadcasts games from #1 USC, #3 West Virginia, #5 Michigan, #6 Florida, #8 Oklahoma, #10 Louisville, #11 Ohio State, #14 UCLA, #18 Auburn, #20 Nebraska, #22 TCU, #25 Texas A&M, plus Alabama, Army, Baylor, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Navy, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Syracuse, Texas Tech and Vanderbilt.

With SIRIUS, college football fans from coast to coast will have access to some of this season's most anticipated games including Ohio State-Michigan, UCLA-USC, Oklahoma-Texas, Auburn-Florida, Army-Navy and many others. For a schedule of upcoming games on SIRIUS visit www.sirius.com/collegesports.

In addition to live play-by-play, SIRIUS airs exclusive talk shows that cover the college game from sideline to sideline with news, highlights and season-long analysis of the nation's teams and conferences, Heisman Trophy contenders, and the race for the National Championship.

The SIRIUS College Football Coaches Show, hosted by Jack Arute and former Auburn head coach Terry Bowden, returns for its third season on SIRIUS, airing every Wednesday (1-3 pm ET) exclusively on SIRIUS Sports Central channel 123. Guests on today's season premiere included: USC head coach Pete Carroll, Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel, West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez, Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer, Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden, Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden and Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema.

Rivals Radio, hosted by college sports insiders Bill King and Bobby Burton, covers the college game in-depth every weekday morning (6-9 am ET) year-round exclusively on SIRIUS channel 123.

   College Football on SIRIUS - Opening Weekend Schedule:  (All times ET)                                                               Channels:                                                           Away      Home   Date/Kickoff Time                                       Feed      Feed   Thu  8/30   7:30 PM     Murray State @ Louisville                 161   Thu  8/30   8:00 PM     Kent State @ Iowa St                      118   Fri  8/31   7:30 PM     Navy @ Temple                    140   Fri  8/31   8:00 PM     Washington @ Syracuse                     181   Sat  9/11   2:00 PM     Colorado State @ Colorado                 122   Sat  9/1   12:00 PM     Youngstown State @ Ohio St                126   Sat  9/1   12:00 PM     Appalachian State @ Michigan              123   Sat  9/1   12:00 PM     East Carolina @ Virginia Tech    110   Sat  9/1   12:30 PM     Western Kentucky @ Florida                121   Sat  9/1    1:00 PM     Virginia @ Wyoming                        119   Sat  9/1    3:30 PM     Georgia Tech @ Notre Dame                 159   Sat  9/1    3:30 PM     UCLA @ Stanford                  140   Sat  9/1    3:30 PM     Nevada @ Nebraska                         126   Sat  9/1    3:30 PM     Western Michigan @ West Virginia          123   Sat  9/1    3:30 PM     Missouri @ Illinois              122   Sat  9/1    6:00 PM     Baylor @ TCU                     161   Sat  9/1    6:00 PM     Eastern Michigan @ Pittsburgh             119   Sat  9/1    6:45 PM     Oklahoma St. @ Georgia                    107                                                                   (National                                                                      feed)   Sat  9/1    7:00 PM     Montana State @ Texas A&M                 130   Sat  9/1    7:00 PM     Richmond @ Vanderbilt                     181   Sat  9/1    7:00 PM     Western Carolina @ Alabama                114   Sat  9/1    7:00 PM     Louisiana Lafayette @ South Carolina      110   Sat  9/1    7:00 PM     Army @ Akron                     123   Sat  9/1    7:00 PM     Central Michigan @ Kansas                 140   Sat  9/1    7:00 PM     North Texas @ Oklahoma                    121   Sat  9/1    7:45 PM     Kansas State @ Auburn            122      126   Sat  9/1   10:00 PM     New Mexico @ UTEP                         119   Sat  9/1   10:15 PM     Idaho @ USC                               125   Mon  9/3    4:00 PM     Texas Tech @ SMU                 122     About SIRIUS  

SIRIUS, "The Best Radio on Radio," delivers more than 130 channels of the best programming in all of radio. SIRIUS is the original and only home of 100% commercial free music channels in satellite radio, offering 69 music channels. SIRIUS also delivers 65 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data. SIRIUS is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, NASCAR and NBA, and broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL and NBA, as well as live NASCAR races. All SIRIUS programming is available for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95.

SIRIUS Internet Radio (SIR) is a CD-quality, Internet-only version of the SIRIUS radio service, without the use of a radio, for the monthly subscription fee of $12.95. SIR delivers more than 80 channels of talk, entertainment, sports, and 100% commercial free music.

SIRIUS Backseat TV(TM) is the first ever live in-vehicle rear seat entertainment featuring three channels of children's TV programming, including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, for the subscription fee of $6.99 plus applicable audio subscription fee.

SIRIUS products for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are available in more than 20,000 retail locations, including Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Costco, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, RadioShack and at shop.sirius.com.

SIRIUS radios are offered in vehicles from Audi, Bentley, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep(R), Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercury, Maybach, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Rolls Royce, Scion, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo. Hertz also offers SIRIUS in its rental cars at major locations around the country.

Click on www.sirius.com to listen to SIRIUS live, or to purchase a SIRIUS radio and subscription.

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